Industry
- Employed (daytime population) per industry in Öresund region 1993 and 2007 (percent)
Source: Statistics Denmark and Statistics Sweden. Processing by Region Skåne Footnote: This refers to November 1993 and November 2007. Comments: The high growth in the furniture industry and other industries is mainly due to the reclassification of statistics in Sweden between 1993 and 2007.
Like other parts of the western world, the Öresund region is in a structural transition. That is to say, the percentage of employed persons in the private service sector is increasing, while the percentage of employees in the manufacturing industries and agriculture is decreasing. However, there are considerable differences within the Öresund region about how far this structural transition has come. The manufacturing industry (including construction) accounted for roughly 15 percent of total employment in the Capital Region of Denmark, which can be compared to Region Zealand and Skåne where the manufacturing industry accounted for 22 percent and 23 percent of employment, respectively. Even if the manufacturing industry were to decrease in all three areas, the reduction would be most drastic in the Capital Region of Denmark. Instead, the Capital Region of Denmark is dominated by a large share (48 percent) of employees in the private service sector. In Regions Zealand and Skåne the private service sector accounts for 36 percent and 37 percent of employment, respectively. In all three regions, business services and wholesale/retail trade are outstanding. Regarding the manufacturing industry, the construction industry and the chemical and plastics industry account for the large percentage of employment in the three regional areas.
Value added by industry
Value added is usually defined as a company’s or an industry’s production minus the value of input goods. Value added is the company’s or industry’s contribution to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) or on the regional level the Gross Regional Product (GRP). Just as with employment statistics, economic statistics show that there are essential differences in industry within different parts of the Öresund region. In Region Zealand and Region Skåne, the manufacturing industry still plays an important role in the economy, while in the Capital Region of Denmark it accounts for a minor part of total production value. In the Capital Region of Denmark, the manufacturing industrial sector (including construction) accounts for only 16 percent of the total value added for 2007, compared to 27 percent in Region Zealand and 25 percent in Region Skåne. In contrast, the private service sector (transport, communication, real estate, financial and business services) accounts for 60 percent of the total value added in the Capital Region of Denmark, 42 percent in Region Zealand and 40 percent in Region Skåne. On the industrial side the chemical and plastics industry is nearly the same size in the three regional areas but there are significant differences about how the industry is composed. Wholesale/retail trade is also well-represented in all three regional areas. An essential difference is the finance sector’s importance in the Capital Region of Denmark, because this industry is typically heavily concentrated in proximity to the capital city. Transport and telecommunication are also heavily over represented in the Capital Region of Denmark.
- Value added for each industry in the Öresund region 1993-2007. Constant prices, reference year 2000, in the currency of each economy.
Source: Statistics Denmark and Statistics Sweden. Processing by Region Skåne
